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by liketochill 1536 days ago
Canada has lots of uranium if Kazakhstan stops supplying
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It may solve the problem for Canada. Maybe for the US, if there is enough supply.

Maybe even for France and Germany, but doubt so.

Moreover ore grade falls with extraction, and extraction-related emissions grow accordingly. Maybe up to 110g/ CO2-e/kWhel: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2051332